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Alan Cave

environmental assessment and planning, visual impact assessment, land planning and design, recreational planning and design, urban design, community planning and design

 

 

Alan Cave

 

Alan Cave holds a BSc in Mining Engineering and a Master of Philosophy in Landscape Design and has 34 years experience in the field of landscape and environmental planning, design and environmental impact assessment. 

His experience in the gold mining field in SA and abroad (5years) reinforces his input of his chosen field of specialisation in environmental planning, assessment and landscape design. His pioneering work in Visual Impact Assessment in RSA has assisted in the understanding of this aspect as a tool for planning and design. He is a member of the Certification Board of the profession of Impact Assessors. He has gained Experience has been gained in large scale internationally funded projects by acting as project leader for the environmental impact assessment for the new Letsibogo Dam in Botswana and the new N3 Toll Road in South Africa. Both of the reports received favourable reviews by international donor agencies. His interest in ecological aspects and processes has provided the ability to read landscapes and to apply this knowledge to conceptual planning and rehabilitation on a large and small scale.

He is a principal in the landscape architecture and environmental planning firm with offices in Pretoria, and George that executes projects both nationally and internationally. The practice specialises in environmental assessment and planning, visual impact assessment, land planning and design, recreational planning and design, urban design and community planning and design.

His interests include birding, fly fishing, photography and enjoying life with friends. He has two daughters who live in Oslo.

Alan Cave and Menno Klapwijk established the firm Cave Klapwijk and Associates in 1989.

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Stephen Stead

 

Visual Impact Assessment – GIS Mapping

  

 VRM Africa cc is a Visual Impact Study and GIS Mapping organisation located in George, Western Cape.  We make use of the well-documented visual impact analysis methodology developed by the Bureau of Land Management in the USA in order to accurately and objectively quantify visual impact.  This methodology is known as the Visual Resource Management technique (VRM) and involves the sequential mapping of visual resources of the site in relation to the surrounding areas. For this purpose we make extensive use of GIS and 3D modelling technology. In this endeavor, we have an extended network of other expert consultants and work closely together with Liesel Stokes of Brink, Stokes, Mhkize, a registered Landscape Architect. 

During the period that we have been operating we have completed over 80 Visual Impact Studies throughout South Africa as well as Namibia where we have been involved in setting up visual management guidelines for large open cast mines.  The majority of studies undertaken have been based in the Western Cape ensuring we have extensive practical experience assessing projects in terms of the planning policies stipulated by the DEA&DP Guidelines and the Western Cape PSDF. 

Stephen Stead

Stephen Stead studied at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg (UNP) and completed a post graduate degree in Human Geography and Geographic Information Management Systems.  He has gained 12 years of experience in the field of GIS mapping working as a consultant for the KZN Dept of Health and as a consultant for an Environmental Impact Assessment organization in George, Western Cape.  He is a member of IAIAsa South Africa and is currently serving on the National Executive Committee (NEC).  VRM Africa recognizes and aspires to the IAIAsa code of ethics.  For further details refer to www.vrma.co.za .

Visual Resource Management Africa cc

P O Box 7233, George, 6531

Tel/Fax: 044-8760020

Cell: 083 560 9911

E-Mail: steve@vrma.co.za  Web: www.vrma.co.za

 

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